Reuters - There is growing evidence of a link between global warming and natural disasters such as droughts and flooding, the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.

AP - Sarah Steineker, 50, is stuck to her seat. She's got a bingo game going, and the "hot ball" jackpot is up to $14,490. But thanks to mobile gambling regulations that passed the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday, she soon may be able to take that bingo game with her elsewhere in the casino.

AFP - European Union leaders will hold a second day of summit talks, downplaying discord over resurgent protectionism in the 25-nation bloc, and trumpeting agreement on a new joint energy policy.

AP - Keyshawn Johnson spent Thursday meeting with the Carolina Panthers, the latest stop on his free-agency tour.

AP - Rapper-actor Ludacris, real name Chris Bridges, who generated strong buzz for his performances in the Oscar-winning "Crash" and "Hustle and Flow," is turning to TV for his next dramatic role.

AP - A former Pentagon official seeking the Republican nomination to run against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton this year may have puffed up her resume.

AP - Google Inc.'s stock will be added to the Standard & Poor's 500 index, a long-anticipated rite of passage that lifted the online search engine leader's recently sagging shares.

AP - The Earth is already shaking beneath melting ice as rising temperatures threaten to shrink polar glaciers and raise sea levels around the world.

AP - Google Inc.'s stock will be added to the Standard & Poor's 500 index, a long-anticipated rite of passage that gave the company's recently slumping shares an immediate boost.

AP - Adam Vinatieri arrived in Indianapolis with the usual expectations — kicking game-winners and winning championships.

AP - A former Pentagon official seeking the Republican nomination to run against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton this year may have puffed up her resume.

Environmentalist Lester R. Brown offers his revised prescription for combating global warming. The first challenge: unmasking ecological costs that for the most part go uncounted in the marketplace. Second in a two-part series. By Mark Anderson.

AP - The rumblings of global warming are echoing across Greenland. Groups of scientists studying ancient climate, tweaking computer models of future climate and even listening to earthquakes add to the evidence that global warming is melting polar ice, according to a series of papers in this week's issue of the journal Science.

NewsFactor - It used to be that a prison inmate could expect reports of good behavior to lead to a reduction of a prison sentence. Today, however, a visit to any prison in Oregon will find prisoners vying instead for video-game consoles.

AFP - India now is a "singularly important" US foreign policy priority, a senior Washington official said, pointing to flourishing economic and political ties and this month's landmark bilateral nuclear deal.

Reuters - Dell Inc. said on Wednesday it agreed to buy gaming-computer maker Alienware Corp., part of a push into the lucrative computer gaming market that could help the No. 1 PC maker boost profit.

Reuters - Dell Inc. , the world's biggest PC maker, said on Wednesday it agreed to buy privately held Alienware, which makes high-end gaming computers.

Reuters - They were the first white rappers to hit it big, and they blazed musical trails on the Web and DVD. So leave it to the Beastie Boys to take the concert film in a radical direction by letting fans call the shots.

Environmentalist Lester R. Brown offers his revised prescription for combating global warming. The first challenge: unmasking ecological costs that for the most part go uncounted in the marketplace. By Mark Anderson.

After issuing a scarier-than-ever prediction about global warming, researchers enlist volunteers to test variables in thousands of climate models. The end result should be a more accurate picture of Earth's future. By Joanna Glasner.